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Chile ‘A’ were 62-0 winners this afternoon over Paraguay ‘A’. The battle between the development sides of Chile and Paraguay saw the Andean country running in eight unanswered tries. The match was the opening contest in the 2021 Americas Pacific Challenge. The tournament is being played at the home of Uruguayan rugby, the Estadio Charrúa in Montevideo.
Two early tries came from the familiar play of 2021 – the lineout and maul. The five meter attacking lineout was used well by the Chileans with Joaquín Milesi and Diego Escobar. The tries followed an early penalty to see Chile not only on top early but in command.
Diego Warnken extended Chile’s lead with a second penalty. His 27th minute effort was followed by a second try to Escobar ten minutes later. He also landed one more; this time doing so after the half-time siren. The teams left the field for the half time talk with Chile ‘A’ leading 27-0.
Chile A took less than one minute to score again. Cristobal Game touched down in the try zone as the onslaught continued. Subsequent tries were scored by scrumhalf Lukas Carvallo, his replacement Benjamín Videla with 2, and flanker Ernesto Tchimino. Warnken landed all his conversions to finish with 22 points.
The fitness levels between the teams was an element of the match; the impact of Chile’s High Performance Centers were evident. Paraguay was unable to respond to Chile’s points and was being beaten around the park as Chile had the better of Paraguay from one contact area to the next.
SCORING
CHILE 62
Tries – J. Milesi (18′), D. Escobar (37′), V. Tredinick (40′), C. Game (41′), L. Carvallo (56′), B. Videla 2 (65′, 79′), E. Tchimino (77′)
Cons – D. Warnken 8/8 (19′, 38′, 40′, 42′, 57′, 66′, 78′, 80′)
Pens – D. Warnken 2/3 (8′, 26′)
PARAGUAY 0
YC – A. Nuñez (36′)
TEAMS
CHILE ‘A’
1 Vittorio Lastra (18 Mauricio Gómez 59′), 2 Diego Escobar (16 Jorge Delgado 18′-31′, 53′), 3 Esteban Inostroza (17 Salvador Lues HT), 4 Manuel Ripamonti (20 Agustín Fernández HT), 5 Santiago Pedrero (19 Maximiliano Silva 53′), 6 Agustín Pérez (21 Ernesto Tchimino 53′), 7 Thomas Orchard, 8 Joaquín Milesi (23 Tomás Álvarado 63′), 9 Lukas Carvallo (capt.) (22 Benjamín Videla 61′), 10 Diego Warnken, 11 Vicente Tredinick, 12 Juan Ignacio Piña, 13 Clemente Armstrong, 14 Cristóbal Game, 15 Luca Strabucchi
PARAGUAY ‘A’
1 Gastón Salvi (16 Daniel Cabral HT), 2 Lucas Otaño (18 Luciano Weston 61′), 3 Martín Sijtar (capt.) (17 Cesar Pérez 53′), 4 Guillermo López, 5 Mariano Garcete (21 Nicolás Arias 52′), 6 Matías Benítez (19 Alejandro Montiel HT), 7 Ariel Nuñez, 8 Lautaro Britez, 9 Elias Torres (20 Gonzalo Villalba 58′), 10 Sebastián Urbieta, 11 Marcelo Matiauda, 12 Tomás Mussi (22 Andrés Borgognon 61′), 13 Daniel Chilavert, 14 Ignacio González (23 Gianfranco Parodi 46′), 15 Arturo López
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Tomás Bertazza (Argentina)
Assistants: Matías Esteban (Uruguay) & Frank Méndez (Chile)
TMO: Francisco Pesce (Uruguay)
